Environmental Planning Minor
Consider complimenting your major with knowledge and skills in sustainability, urban planning and landscape design.
Learn what it takes to facilitate the decision-making to carry out urban planning, urban design, land development and natural resource conservation with consideration of environmental, social, political and economic factors.
Declaring an ENVD Minor
In order to declare the Environmental Planning Minor or to discuss the program, please email Nate Jones, assistant director of advising & professional development, nathan.p.jones@colorado.edu to schedule a meeting.
Audience
The audience for the planning minor is very broad and, overall, tends to grab the interests of students in the following majors:
- Environmental Studies: Students interested in environmental planning
- Political Science/Pre-Law: Students interested in working within governing institutions who make decisions
- Business/Economics: Students interested in planning and the private sector
- Sociology/Anthropology: Students interested in the use of property and space and impact on communities that inhabit them
- Geography: Students interested in a professionally-driven implementation of urban geography
Minor Requirements
Complete a minimum of 18 credits in environmental planning-related courses. Of the 18 credits, nine must be taught in environmental design.
Minor Curriculum
PLAN 2004 - History & Theory of Sustainable Planning and Design (3)
LAND 2004 - History of Landscape Architecture (3)
PLAN 3005 - Process and Practices (3)
LAND 4114 - Landscape Architecture Theory (3)
GEOG 4603 - GIS in the Social and Natural Sciences (maymester only)
GEOG 3053 - Graphic Information Science: Mapping (4)
Pick two ENVD electives. Below is a list of suggested courses. You may also consult with your Environmental Planning Minor advisor to identify other options.
ENVD 1004 - Introduction to Environmental Design
ENVD 2001 - Human Behavior and Design
ENVD 2003 - Ecology & Design
LAND 3103 - Planting Design and Ecology
ENVD 3052 - Digital Tools for Planning & Landscape Architecture
PLAN 4101 - Sustainable Futures Planning
ENVD 4311 - Housing Policies and Practices
ENVD 4361 - Urban Design
ENVD 4363 - Urban Transportation Planning
ENVD 4363 - Designing & Planning for Natural Areas
ENVD 4363 - Urban Conflict
PLAN 4100 - Capstone in Planning and Urban Design (6)